Posted by Alexis Menard on February 11, 2020 at 2:15 pm Dear Professor: Q: Can an employer fire me or refuse to hire me for being a smoker? A: First distinguish between smoking at work and smoking off-premises. Employers can ban smoking, including vaping, at work and on the job site. Beyond that, some employers wish to […]
By Alexis Menard On December 23, 2019 1:30 pm Barclay (Clay) Davis graduated with honors from UM-Flint School of Management in December 2019 with his Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance. During his time at UM-Flint, he applied his knowledge at an internship at the State of Michigan Treasury. In his role as the student assistant, […]
Posted by Alexis Menard on December 10, 2019 at 12:55 pm Dear Professor: Q: I am an employer of 110 employees in a retail setting. How far do I have to go to accommodate religious preferences? A: Religion is one of the five protected classes under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, along with race, […]
Written by Francine Cullari on November 25, 2019. Posted by Alexis Menard on December 10, 2019 at 12:50 pm Negotiating Outcomes (Harvard Business School Pocket Mentor Series, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 2007) Among the plethora of business advice books and articles, the Harvard Business School Pocket Mentor Series provides the most complete albeit concise […]
By Alexis Menard On December 4, 2019, 10:15 am UM-Flint School of Management student, Alexandria Thompson, received the distinguished HORIZONS scholarship from the Women in Defense – Michigan Chapter. The scholarship is given to encourage women to pursue careers related to national security and defense fields in the United States. Thompson is a U.S. Air […]
By Alexis Menard On November 13, 2019 11:45 am With many of UM-Flint’s graduate students only appearing on campus twice a semester for the Net+ program, one student sought out a way to encourage more connectivity amongst his graduate peers and alumni. The idea for the social network was created by a University of Michigan-Flint graduate student, […]
By Alexis Menard On November 5, 2019 1:10 pm Alumnus, Casey Lester, received his BBA in General Business in April 2019 from UM-Flint’s School of Management. During his time at UM-Flint, Casey worked full-time at Huntington National Bank and gave back to his community by serving on the board of Flint Community School Board of Education during the […]
By Alexis Menard On August 24, 2019 9:15 am Greetings, my name is Austin McIntosh and I am a junior studying for a Finance Major. During the 2019 Summer, I interned for the University of Michigan – Flint’s Office of Financial Aid. This internship was a mixture of finance, accounting, and analysis, three critical skills required to […]
By Alexis Menard On August 13, 2019 12:00 pm The interview below is in first person from the viewpoint of Larry Nichols, Lecturer of Management and Executive-in-Residence, held with Alexis Menard, Web and Social Media Assistant on August 6, 2019. The views stated below are the opinions of Mr. Nichols. Nichols and Dimes is intended to be […]
By Alexis Menard On July 19, 2019 11:15 am Alumna, Madison McCrum, graduated from UM-Flint’s School of Management with a BBA in Business Management with a focus in EIM in 2018. Madison was involved with the Entrepreneurs Society and the Hagerman Center during her undergraduate studies. At the age of 22, Madison now works for a Fortune […]